PT-2005-3441 · Linux · Linux Kernel

Peter Sandstrom · Published 2005-08-12 · Updated 2018-10-03 · CVE-2005-2548

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Linux kernel version 2.6.8

Description The issue allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a kernel oops from null dereference, via certain UDP packets. This can be triggered by using snmpwalk on snmpd, leading to a function call with the wrong argument.

Recommendations For Linux kernel version 2.6.8, consider upgrading to a newer version to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to UDP packets to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-399

Related Identifiers

CVE-2005-2548

DSA-922-1

Affected Products

Linux Kernel

References · 9

• 🔥 http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=309308 · Exploit
• http://secunia.com/advisories/17826 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/18056 · Vendor Advisory
• http://debian.org/security/2005/dsa-922 · Vendor Advisory
• http://mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2005:219 · Vendor Advisory
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/169-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2005-2548 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/14611 · Note
• http://lists.osdl.org/pipermail/bridge/2004-September/000638.html · Note